Band on the Wall uses NY jazz bar as inspiration for new Copper Bar opening
Manchester live music venue, Band on the Wall, is to open a new NY jazz bar-inspired venue, The Copper Bar, this month.
The iconic live music venue has partnered with Brooklyn Brewery to create The Copper Bar, a welcoming, inclusive and intimate setting, with a nod to NYC’s jazz venue, Zinc Bar, featuring new lighting, art installations, future thinking programming, and free live gigs every Friday and Saturday night.
The Copper Bar, with its striking copper bar-top and Brooklyn-based neons, is steeped in Band on the Wall’s extensive history as the longest established music venue in Manchester, with a focus on its everyday international programming.
It will feature a bespoke hand-painted mural by Manchester artist Qubek, and collages curated by the musician-led venue team from the venue’s archive content, along with other striking pieces of memorabilia.
The Copper Bar houses Band on the Wall’s second stage, which opened as part of the venue’s £3.5m redevelopment two years ago, and creates space for the diverse and creative community that has built up around its experimental content, featuring artists from Manchester’s Elf Traps, Club Clam and Make me Feel to US-based, French-Carribean singer Adi Oasis.
The new brand for The Copper Bar has been created by Manchester’s Instruct Studio.
The team at Instruct has worked with Band on the Wall on an ongoing basis since delivering the rebrand of the venue two years ago.
The new decor and The Copper Bar brand highlight Brooklyn Brewery’s partnership with the Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative (SIGBI) and the bar will serve its Stonewall Inn IPA beer.
